This issue explores how competitive intercollegiate athletics affects both admissions practices and the nature of academic community at private colleges and universities that practice selective admission. It is based on a roundtable that took place in February 2003. It is clear that the athletic profile of such selective campuses is considerably…

Cleveland State University's graduate level values clarification introductory course aids students in (1) explaining the rationale and objectives of values clarification, (2) clarifying their own values concerning personal and professional decisions, and (3) implementing the process in their own school education. (MB)

Criticizes the values clarification approach for avoiding the structure of values, for allowing judgmental activites, for embracing moral relativism, and for not being founded in theory. (DW)

Outlines considerations to determine if a particular school will benefit from employing values clarification techniques. (MLF)

Religion and psychotherapy have long maintained separate directions. The need for a rapprochement that provides professional psychotherapy capable of addressing religious issues is clearly voiced by laypersons, who are clients or potential clients, and by members of the clergy and psychotherapeutic professions. A case is made for specialized…

Value transformation in home economics may be approached in three ways: How are values changing? How should values be transformed? How can values be transformed? While home economics may be involved in all three approaches, it is the latter two that are the most critical. (Author/CT)

Review of research is said to support the contention that there is a relationship between values and behavior, but to indicate a need for further development of the theory of values clarification. (GW)

A model of decision-making in regard to health education is presented which focuses on the elements of knowledge, values, and strategy. (GW)

The authors stress that teaching persons to communicate their values is an important component of an educational program of values clarification. (GW)

An evaluation design is seen to ensure the presence of certain qualities in an evaluation; values and valued qualities permeate the evaluation design. Mechanisms for evaluations (in-process reviews, follow-up studies, etc.) are dealt with and familiarity with financial, managerial, and ethical procedures are stressed in the evaluation design. (CE)

The position that religious thought and spiritual values must be restored to psychology and that clinical-humanistic values are helping to undermine traditional morality is criticized. Commentators argue that human disturbance is largely associated with absolutistic thinking and that psychologists must submit all values to rational scrutiny. (CS)

Professional literature dealing with values and moral education included in this bibliography contains generic principles and theories, or articulates significant issues and questions, or advocates and illustrates practices directly relevant to the counseling process. (Author)

A multimillionaire responsible for several felonies stated recently that humanism is one of the leading causes of crime in the United States. A college English instructor tested the validity of the connection between humanism and deteriorating values, on a limited and informal basis, while conducting in a men's prison a series of weekly programs…

An experimental study using 26 preservice teachers was conducted to investigate whether teachers can secure patterns of student statements congruent with values clarification without implementing a well-defined questioning strategy. (NQ)

For permanent benefits to ensue from leisure counseling, the client must not simply identify leisure interests and locations but must also come to value leisure and the opportunities it presents. (MB)